Wondering how to use Athabascan in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as athabaskan or indian.
Athabascan in a sentence
Athabascan meaning
Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
Synonyms of Athabascan
Using Athabascan
- The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
- Useful related words include: athapaskan, athapascan, athabaskan, american indian.
Context around Athabascan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Athabascan
- In this selection, "athabascan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proto, ina, behind, word, fourth and languages stand out and add context to how "athabascan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dena ina athabascan was one and networks with athabascan tribes of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "athabascan" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with athabascan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Musher Richie Diehl, who is Dena’ina Athabascan, was one of several Alaska Natives participating in the event. (18 words)
Other Athabascan languages, namely those in western Alaska (such as Koyukon ) and the Pacific coast (such as Hupa ), did not develop tone. (22 words)
With regular travel up these rivers, the Tlingit developed extensive trade networks with Athabascan tribes of the interior, and commonly intermarried with them. (23 words)
Thus, the Proto-Athabascan word *tuː ('water') is toneless toː in Hupa, high-tone tó in Navajo, and low-tone tù in Slavey; while Proto-Athabascan *-ɢʊtʼ ('knee') is toneless -ɢotʼ in Hupa, low-tone -ɡòd in Navajo, and high-tone -ɡóʔ in Slavey. (44 words)
Serpentine was second in the Tatts Cup at Randwick behind Athabascan, fourth in a 2500m handicap at Flemington, and then third in the Bart Cummings at his most recent start. (30 words)
With regular travel up these rivers, the Tlingit developed extensive trade networks with Athabascan tribes of the interior, and commonly intermarried with them. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
Thus, the Proto-Athabascan word *tuː ('water') is toneless toː in Hupa, high-tone tó in Navajo, and low-tone tù in Slavey; while Proto-Athabascan *-ɢʊtʼ ('knee') is toneless -ɢotʼ in Hupa, low-tone -ɡòd in Navajo, and high-tone -ɡóʔ in Slavey.
Musher Richie Diehl, who is Dena’ina Athabascan, was one of several Alaska Natives participating in the event.
Serpentine was second in the Tatts Cup at Randwick behind Athabascan, fourth in a 2500m handicap at Flemington, and then third in the Bart Cummings at his most recent start.
Other Athabascan languages, namely those in western Alaska (such as Koyukon ) and the Pacific coast (such as Hupa ), did not develop tone.
With regular travel up these rivers, the Tlingit developed extensive trade networks with Athabascan tribes of the interior, and commonly intermarried with them.